Vamana Purana — Harihara Non-Duality, Shloka 57

Harihara Non-Duality and the Revelation of Sadasiva to the Ganas

Devanagari script

पुलस्त्य उवाच बाढमित्यब्रवीच्छर्वश्चक्रे निर्धूतकल्पषान् संपरिष्वजताव्यक्तस्तान् सर्वान् गणयूथपान्

Transliteration

pulastya uvāca bāḍhamityabravīccharvaścakre nirdhūtakalpaṣān saṃpariṣvajatāvyaktastān sarvān gaṇayūthapān

Translation

পুলস্ত্য বললেন—শর্ব “তথাস্তु” বলে তাদের পাপমুক্ত করলেন। সেই অব্যক্ত প্রভু সকল গণযূথপ (গণের নেতা)কে আলিঙ্গন করলেন।

Speakers

• Pulastya (narrator) → (implied audience
• traditionally Nārada); within narration: Śiva → Gaṇayūthapās

Primary Deities

• Śiva

Key Themes

• Divine absolution (nirdhūta-kalpaṣa)
• Grace expressed through intimacy (embrace)
• Śiva’s transcendence (Avyakta) alongside personal compassion
• Restoration of order within the gaṇas

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

Why is Śiva called “Avyakta” (Unmanifest) while performing a personal act like embracing?

Purāṇic theology often holds together transcendence and immanence: the supreme is beyond form (avyakta) yet freely assumes relational presence. The embrace dramatizes compassion without denying metaphysical supremacy.

What does “nirdhūta-kalpaṣān” imply—ritual purification or moral transformation?

Both layers are available: it can mean removal of impurity akin to ritual cleansing, and also the eradication of the moral fault they named—discord-born demerit—through Śiva’s sanction and grace.

Who are the “gaṇa-yūthapās” here?

They are commanders or chiefs among Śiva’s gaṇas (attendant hosts). The verse emphasizes that the boon affects leadership, thereby stabilizing the entire collective.